Operations Manager- DevOps

Do you have the leadership to manage effectively and achieve in a matrix organization?

Are you motivated by seeing how your work makes a difference to product delivery and customer outcomes?

About our Team: Our team focuses on building an integrated, social, and personal toolset that delivers value to researchers and research institutions. We combine our traditional strengths of our publishing knowledge to achieve leading edge technology innovations. We focus on supporting our customers and providing solutions for any of their challenges or requirements.

About the Role: You will lead part of the Central Technology, Infrastructure, and Operations team extensively using cloud and software construction technologies. You will be responsible for the development of an efficient community of engineering excellence. You will be responsible for managing the team, the stakeholder and engineering engagement to ensure the successful completion of projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and drive to ensure that Operations teams consistently meet their objectives.
• Meet regularly with key stakeholders to ensure needs and expectations are being met.
• Complete management responsibilities to include performance management, hiring and coaching of staff, and resource planning.
• Maintain a regular focus on continuous improvement.
• Ensure effective and efficient service delivery to internal customers.
• Ensure efficient and effective project delivery.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Good fiscal and process management skills.
• Understanding of DevOp best practices - Direct experience preferred
• Solid collaboration skills.
• Strong skills in setting, communicating, implementing, and achieving business objectives and goals through the direct management of others.
• Strong organization/project planning, time management, and change management skills across multiple functional groups and departments, and strong delegation skills involving prioritizing and reprioritizing projects and managing projects of various size and complexity.
• Advanced problem-solving experience involving leading teams in identifying, researching, and coordinating the resources necessary to effectively troubleshoot/diagnose complex project issues; prior success extracting/translating findings into alternatives/solutions; and

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working remotely from home and at our office in a hybrid working style
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day

Working with us

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.

Working for you

At Elsevier, we know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work

About Us

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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PURPOSEFUL WORK
When you work with us, your work matters. You are part of an organization that nurtures your curiosity to stimulate innovation for the communities that we serve.

GROWING EVERY DAY
Like the communities we serve, you are on a constant path of discovery to shape your career and personal development.

COLLEAGUES WHO CARE
You will be part of the Elsevier family. We will support your well-being and provide the flexibility you need to thrive at work and home.

Together, we create possibilities.
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